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Page 2 of 3 <br />Janine Zanin <br />Office of the Chief Court Attorney - Citywide^ ^ ^ 0 <br />Provided counsel and analysis of citywide legal issues for Chief Court Attorney and <br />Administrative Judge's office. Author of the Suppression and Related Issues chapter of <br />the Criminal Court Judge's.Bench Book. Coordinated legal training programs for <br />Criminal Court judges and court attorneys. Created and published web-based legal <br />updates on new legislation. Edited and updated The Complete Search Warrant, <br />Annotated by the Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt, Judge, New York Court of Appeals. <br />Assistant Program Coordinator of Summer Judicial Internship Programs. <br />Red Hook Community Justice Center^ ^ ^ ^ <br />(A federally funded "leadership site" as well as an innovative and experimental multi- <br />jurisdictional courthouse located in Red Hook, Brooklyn) <br />Provided legal counsel and bench support for the Hon. Alex M. Calabrese including <br />drafting Criminal Court and Housing Court decisions and conferencing and settling <br />Housing Court cases. Developed protocol for handling Housing Court cases including <br />set-up of Housing Resource Center. Trained legal staff, clinic staff, housing resource <br />center staff and clerk's office in public housing law. <br />Court Attorney to Judicial Hearing Officer Part <br />Performed legal research and drafted post-hearing findings of fact and conclusions of <br />law for pre-trial suppression motions. Provided bench assistance to Judicial Hearing <br />Officer at all hearings conducted in the part. <br />New York City Housing CourtO ^June 1998 to June 2000 <br />Conducted settlement conferences with both pro se litigants and attorneys. Performed <br />legal research and drafted court orders. Worked in specialized court parts handling <br />cases brought by the New York City Housing Authority and the New York City <br />Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Trained new court attorneys <br />Volunteer Experience: <br />The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence^Aug 2004 to present <br />Co-counsel to Donna Bennick, Esq. <br />Legal Representation of NC inmate seeking to prove his <br />innocence. <br />North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services ^Aug 2004 to Oct 2004 <br />Volunteer Legal Work in Intake and Post-Conviction <br />Relief Divisions <br />Chatham County Habitat for Humanity^June 2004 to October 2004 <br />Built homes in Siler City, NC <br />Friends of Coffey Park^ ^ ^June 2003 to April 2004 <br />(New York City park in Red Hook, Brooklyn) . <br />Finance Committee Member and Summer Film <br />Series Volunteer <br />49 <br />